Mary Robinson: Climate change "very likely" to increase radicalisation
Former Irish president Mary Robinson…has argued for warming to be kept within 1.5°C…She has also campaigned for women…Six of The Conversation’s top experts…put their questions to Robinson about...
View ArticleDeutschland: Flüchtlingszustrom - Mittelstand fordert Reformpaket für eine...
Der Verband "Die Familienunternehmer" fordert von der Bundesregierung ein Reformpaket für eine Million neue Arbeitsplätze, um Flüchtlinge in Deutschland zu integrieren. "Ein drittes deutsches...
View ArticleРоссия: 3 человека пострадали из-за выброса хлора на заводе "ГалоПолимер"
"Три человека пострадали из-за выброса хлора на кировском заводе "ГалоПолимер"", 10 декабря 2015 года В результате аварии на территории ООО "ГалоПолимер"в Кирово-Чепецке пострадали три человека. Как...
View ArticleLe point sur les initiatives du secteur privé autour des questions climatiques
« COP21 : Comment s'y retrouver dans la jungle des coalitions d'entreprises sur le climat ? », 8 décembre 2015 Tout au long de la première semaine de la COP21, les engagements d'entreprises se sont...
View ArticleUK: Midas Construction encourages women to join sector
"Call for women in construction", 10 Dec 2015 One of the region’s foremost champions of women in construction is using a career milestone with Midas Construction to call for more women to consider a...
View ArticleIPIECA at COP-21: Low emissions pathways and the role of oil and gas
IPIECA, as an official observer, has engaged throughout COP-21…The Paris Puzzle: The pathway to a low-emissions future was the focus of our communications throughout the COP…IPIECA’s principal event...
View ArticleIt is time multinationals pay their fair share of taxes to tackle...
"This Human Rights Day, it's time multinationals pay their fair share", 10 Dec 2015 Not long ago, speaking of tax as a matter of human rights would lead to, at best, strained looks, and at worst,...
View ArticleUkraine: Soil contamination with hazardous waste "cleaned up" by S.I. Group...
Between 2011 and 2013, an Israeli company called S.I. Group Consort Ltd. won a series of contracts worth more than 1 billion Ukrainian hryvnia (about US$ 125 million at the time) to clean up a...
View ArticleLes délégués des peuples autochtones proposent la négociation d’un traité...
« Indigènes et entreprises: dialogue impossible », 7 décembre 2015 Un Forum au Palais des Nations a illustré le mois dernier l'inefficacité des normesencadrant les transnationales désireuses...
View ArticleGhana: Trades Union Congress calls for more women in leadership positions...
"Ghana Trades Union Congress urges women into leadership positions", 10 Dec 2015 ...Mrs Alberta Laryea-Djan, Head of International Department of the TUC, said it was sad that most women do not avail...
View ArticleCertaines solutions des multinationales pour lutter contre le changement...
« Climat : vrai problème, fausses solutions », 3 décembre 2015 Pour résoudre la crise climatique, les multinationales proposent leurs solutions, de fausses solutions en fait. Loin de régler le...
View Article"British companies should be accountable at home for harm caused abroad"
[Subscription only] In the last decade there have been at least 24 allegations of serious human and environmental harm caused by UK-linked businesses in developing countries. Had similar harms taken...
View ArticleUSA: Marriot Hotel denies wrongdoing in race discrimination lawsuit filed by...
“Marriott denies wrongdoing in discrimination lawsuit”, 9 Dec 2015 Lawyers for the Bloomington-Normal Marriott Hotel and Conference Center deny any wrongdoing by the company, which faces a lawsuit...
View ArticleUK: Sports Direct share price falls after Guardian investigation reveals poor...
More than £400m was wiped off the value of Sports Direct as City investors and MPs turned on the company following disappointing financial results and revelations over pay and working conditions...
View ArticleReport Launch: Ending Impunity, Securing Justice
The Freedom Fund and the Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Centre invite you to the launch of their report on the use of strategic litigation to combat modern-day slavery and human trafficking. A brief...
View ArticleHuman Rights Law and the Extractive Industries
Human rights are critical to the oil and gas, mining, and timber industries. Extractive industries must operate where the resources are found, often in jurisdictions that lack the governmental and...
View ArticlePerú: Comunidad local denuncia que su pueblo podría desaparecer por...
“Un pueblo de Áncash desaparece por contaminación del agua por la minería” …Una delegación de Áncash – Santo Toribio…reveló ayer una dramática historia contra la vida…Las autoridades, dirigentes...
View ArticleColombia: En el Día Internacional de los derechos humanos, gobierno comenta...
“Presidente Santos lanza Plan Nacional de Acción sobre Derechos Humanos y Empresas” El Presidente Juan Manuel Santos al presentar hoy el Plan Nacional de Acción sobre Derechos Humanos, afirmó que velar...
View ArticleEcuador: Organizaciones locales insisten ante autoridades sobre necesidad de...
“Carta Abierta” Nosotros, hombres y mujeres, moradores de la parroquia Molleturo, luego de la reunión de información realizada por el Frente de Mujeres Defensoras de la Pachamama el 29 de noviembre…nos...
View ArticleDeclaración de Antofagasta Minerals
“Minera Los Pelambres” …Luego de 4 meses de reuniones y diálogos entre la comunidad de Caimanes y Minera Los Pelambres, más de un 58 % de todos los habitantes mayores de 18 años de Caimanes, Pupío y...
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